Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



'JMES H. SH.AW AND EDGAR B' BOYER, 0F;JOHNSTGWN,` PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC 'frm nam RAIL-FASTENER.

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Taal'l'wwm it. may comm.' A i known that 'we,.JA MEs H.-Snnw and EDGAR B.- BOYER, citizens ofthe 'United Statespf America, residin .atgehnstowngim E. the com "f Cambri 3n Stated Pew i 1-".1

vania iraveinvented -certainnew anduseful Improvements in Metallic'.'I iesk Rail- Fastenersfof which the follow?? is aspecieation', reference beingl hadft conrllpanying drawing.y

ii linventionrelates to railfasteners, and the objects of4 our invention are, first, to provide a simple and inexpensive metallic t1e for supportlng rails; sec'- ond, to provide a metallic tle'wherein a novel 'fastener is employed for firmly retainin rails thereon and preventing vertical and lat* eralfdisplacement of the-same; and'third, to' provide a tie oa nove'ldo'ubie Z constructed erei'n" to the ae of Z-bars arranged and secured `togetiierwhereby the tie can be easily ballasted in a We attain the abovejobject's by a construe` tion that willb e' presently described and then speciiically'pointed out in the 'appended Referring tothe' drawing .forming a part oi view- 0f the samqigiis .a longitudinal seotional view of a portion ofthe t1e,Fig.A Ltis a perspeetifve Yievioione of the rail fasteners,

:s s. To {internetman-inta ploy two dubiezewwhie @recounted to rovide-avsnbstntialfoblong.- tie.v The co urationof'the-Zf-bars andfthe manner in which tney are conneoted provides atie of 'considerable rigidity and'strength, capable ci withstanding downward pressures exerted by rolling stock passing overtiie same,` Eaeii bar used in 4connection with our tie comprises alarge Zl portion 1 anda-small Zport-ion 2,

the latter being superposed and out away i' 'contiguous to itsends', as at 3, to permit ci `-rails 4 resting upon `the large Z vportions.

rTo retain the rail fasteners 6. in position to brace the web ortion of the rails, we use bolts 7, these bo ts passing through the smaii 'Z portions of the bars and the'oompart'ment :at the outer endsof therail fasteners f5,

metallic-ties and vserved that thejbars comprising the tif san be easily rolled and secured together by' the -igolt's 7 and thelnuts 1 2, Wl1ich also serve to .retain the railfasteners' 6 Within' the ties and in engagement with the rails mountedthereon the . Having now described our inventionwhat factice, we em-.-

any stresses ori'strainsf upon the rails 4.

'order thatthe 'bolt 7 can be secured in tlie tie, ywe `use vtrian', gular bolt'biooks 8@ these blocks vengailngthe outer sides -of tlie Z ebarsand--providing flat sur-l.I

ortio acfesFr the heads-9. of said bolts and thek 'nuts- -2 secured thereon: Y

From the foregoing descriptiontrainen in connection with thevdrs'irwings,y it will be ob- In a metallic tie and raiifastener the combination with-rails, of doubleI Z-bars having large uZ portions and super* osed small Z portions, 'said small `Z portions sing cut away to provide seats'or said rails uponl said large Z portions, said small Z portions i wherebyit will be impossibl-e 'for said fastimers to move inthe compartmentv 5 detesto providing triangular-frames, rail. fasteners mountedfin said `framesand engaging said rails, vbolts extending through said frames vfor' holding said rail. fasteners in position and -connecting said double Z bars togethentripor-" y angular blocks engaging said small. Z tions for providing :flat surfaces for. the heads of said `bolts, and lnuts screwed upon said bolts., Y

-'2. In a metallic tie :and-rail -fastener, the combination with rails, of double Zi)ars, said double Zibars having large vZ portions,

and superposed'small portions, v'said small Z portions seeing out 'aw-ay to provide seats for saidrails upon the large Z portions of said bars, triangular rail fasteners 'mounted between the small Z- ".portions of said lbars,4 and means for simultaneously connecting said bars togetl1er,and yretaining said rail fasteners in engagement with said-rails.

3. In a metallic tiel and rail fastener, tire combination Withrails, ofvdoubie 2-bars adapted to ire-connected togethery said bars having large Z portions'and-small Zpor-` tions, 4said small- Z portions being out away to provide seatsfor saidrallsupon said large Z portions, and*v rail. fasteners detachaoiy mounted in Said small Z por tions for retaining said railsl 1n engagement with said tie.

4.111 a metallie tie-and rail fastener, combinationwith. rails, of dou-bte diere connected 'togethergffsaid here comprising large Z portions, and small Z. portions, said small Z portions being cut away to provide seats for said rails upon said large Z portions, and means located in the small Z portions ci' said tie for holdingsaid rails in engagement therewith.

5. In a metallic tie, the combinationV with rails, of double. Zioars connected together Jfor supporting said rails, said bars comprising large Z portions, and superposed small Z portions, said l small Z portions .being cut -away to providey seats for said rails upon said large Z portions.

6. A metallic tie comprising double Z-bars adapted to be connected together, said bars comprising large E portions with small superposed Z portions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures 1n the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. SHAW. EDGAR B. BOYER. Witnesses.

E. G.,KERR, JNO. S. TITTLE.. 

